OPERATING PRE 1920'S RADIOS
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- This session we take some pre-1920 radios and connect them up and see how they operate! These were the earliest radios made and give surprising performance considering how primitive they are.
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Lets be honest, this man is a real genius...👍👍.
Amazing how far tech has progress in just 100 years.
I enjoy the subject of old radios but also some of newer stuff is quite magical e.g. the Silicon Laboratories Si4703 FM tuner chip. It uses no coils or condensers to do is work!
Seeing I'm stuck at home because of this virus, I've been binge watching your videos. I know nothing about electronic but you amaze me with your knowledge.Thanks so much.
Wow, you took me back to the mid 40's when I was building crystal radios using galina crystals and cat whiskers. I still have my galina crystal & spring loaded cat whisker sealed in a glass tube from the 40's. I wound my coils on a take out cardboard soup container with many taps on the coil and by using an old audio transformer was actually able to bring out audio into a low impedance 5" speaker where I could hear programs across the room! Those were the days for me, I needed no power supply and eventually started using germanium diodes in lieu of the galina. I lived in NYC at the time and was lucky enough to have a radio store right next to my apartment house and a junk yard just down the street where I would pick up old cathedral radios and repair them. I strung an antenna from the roof top down to my window on the 1st floor and I was in heaven with my radios! Thank you for a trip into the past, Walt in Miami
If society collapses over the pandemic we will need this guy to help rebuild the world.
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Hey, I worked for Wester Electric and Bell Labs in them days!
And at RCA before that... Nostalgic seeing all you have here -- love it !! Thanks for sharing.Cheers!
Wonderful video! Stay awesome! ❤️
That was SUPER instructional Ron, thanks! It makes a crystal radio seem like magic - imagine 100 years ago pulling voices out of the air by touching a rock with a wire.
I have much respect for you. in these crazy modern times,, this kind of radio may come in handy. I have a book on the radio from 1920 that shows a very similar design. One tuning condenser was made like a door hinge, basically two brass plates on a hing. One of my electronics teachers was born in 1917, and by the time he was 8 or so, he was in charge of the batteries for his fathers' radio, and TV (experimented with amateur scan disc TV systems in the late 1920s) Both father and son worked for Bell Laboratories, Western Electric.
its cool to see U in health and new video. Regards!!
The master has returned!
me? on my hands and knees crying out......I'm not worthy!, I'm not worthy!....
These primitives radios shown us the tecnology of 100 years ago , I never seem before, is wonderfull.
Your explanation was fantastic, thanks a lot !!!!!!!!
Congratulations - Sao Paulo - Brazil
Goes to show that the early days of radio were DOMINATED by hobby engineers. Neat to see, and it's very cool that you have not only examples, but WORKING examples.
Great vid Ron. Never seen a cats whisker set working. Amazing for something that’s nigh on 100 years old. Keep yourself and the cat controller safe in these trying times we have. Cheers from Downunder.
This was the most informative education that I've received regarding these early radios since I started into this hobby way back in the early 1960's. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video Glasslinger!
Now, _this_ is an interesting video! Thank you very much for showing how folks had to operate the pre-1920 radios.
Utterly fascinating, Roy. The steps from concept to practice seem gigantic back in the day.
Thanks for this delightful presentation. Like your previous uploads, this was also an absolute treat to follow through and absorb.
Thanks for the very interesting look back on older equipment i enjoyed it very much.
You never cease to amaze ... thank you for sharing!
I have never seen these types of radios ,thank you for the history I find it fascinating Thanks Ron
I learned something. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Relieved to see you are fine, i was a bit worried.
Please take care about yourself, dont go outside if not needed.
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Fun and ironic to see this on RUclips !
100 years later!
Thank you for all your videos .
Thanks for the demonstrating these old radios .
thumbs up
greets from germany
Uli
In 1972 as a 10 year old I built a crystal radio using a germanium diode. It worked great, but I was always curious about making a true crystal radio using a crystal and a cat whisker. I just didn’t have any one around me who had done it before. Thank you Sir for the demonstration.
There's a small booklet from the 1970's called: RADIOS THAT WORK FOR FREE, so many crkts and alternatives to "real mineral" xtal based radio detectors
Fantastic history lesson. Thank you for sharing.
This is just amazing. So primitive and sophisticated all at the same. You have a great knolage that's falling slowly forgot. My biggest amazement is that you make your own parts. That's just amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Could you imagine how great it was having a radio in the early 1920s down on your farm. Most people who lived outside of cities had no electricity or running water in the house.
It took several more years to get a house with electricity and water from the tap that wasn't rusty well water. Your other choice of entertainment may have been a musician
in the family who could play a piano for instance. If well off you might have a record player but you would have to turn a crank on it's side to get it to work. On the weekend
you might go to town a see a silent movie playing at a theater. It wasn't until 1927 when the Jazz Singer came out to see a talking motion picture and by then Wards and Sears
offered radios(like the Radiola 30which came out in 1925) you could buy and plug into a wall socket but battery powered radios ruled until 1930. Ah the good old days!
And thanks Ron for the trip of seeing how an early radio works!
Nice sets! Good master and great video! Thanks Ron.
Fascinating Ron, many thanks, always a good day with a new video from you
seeing the work to tune in a station on early radios, makes you appreciate that 8 transistor 9v portable battery radio...
I love the way you wove very advanced analog electronic theory into the explanation of how the various radio work. These are the challenges that anyone still faces when designing very high frequency carrots, whether for ordinary radio, or cell phone, or even switching power supply tech. Still relevant knowledge! ❤️
Just brilliant. Thank you so much Ron.
Thank you for posting this video - you made everything so easy to understand.
Very interesting, radio operators back in the day or even regular folks that just wanted to listen to something must have had a lot patience
Great video, explains the many controls on early radios. Homemade components the ultimate homebrew.
Fascinating. A pro Video Crew should Volunteer to show up once a week just so that this phenomenal content is captured fully to let You do your thing. You are a Nat'l Treasure..
This was an excellent tutorial, very important information.thank you so much.
Amazing. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, very informative and enjoyable to watch !
I feel lucky I found your channel as it has amazingly thorough explanations.
you are the Mr. Wizard of radios :) love the information.
Very nice demonstration!
You are a fountain of knowledge! Thank you!
I remember the first TV show I saw. Felix the cat in 1947. The TV antenna had a lot of wood in it.
Learned something new today. Fantastic video
Excellent video, thanks.
It's magic, I tell ya. Nice that you're getting comments from over the globe. The whole point of radio.
Reminds me of my old “ unit radio” classes in high school. Great video.
Brilliant work! 🙂
Love to see your videos even though I have only little knowledge of the old tube radios. Verry informative. Stay well in this weird times! Greetings from Germany :-)
very nostalgic......very good video presentation....a celebration of the early days of amateur radio
That's as much art as it is science!
Love your videos!
Fascinating step back in time!
Ancient, crude, simple, made of anything avaliable. That's the art
Another extremely informative video!
This is a very interesting and educational video on old style radios.
It's always nice to watch a professional work! You have very cool radios, these are antique things. Best wishes from Russia!
Gracias por compartir increibles tus radios.
Excellent, very interesting and educational. Thanks.
Welcome back Ron!!
I have a soldering gun just like that one ! I've had it for about 50 yrs. Made a lot of money with it working on tvs, radios and all kinds of electronics.
Nice explanation of the purpose of coil taps. Cool
One of the best video of glasslinger!
Ron, That's the neatest power supply I've ever seen. Another fascinating video! Stay healthy............
Fascinating content Ron, it must have been amazing back in the day when there was no tv, not many folks had cars, most people would have worked within walking distance from home, to sit around a radio listening to their favourite broadcasts - magic - Stay Safe
Sorta like now?
Hi Ron, really enjoyed this video. Would like to see more of your collection and things you have made. You seems to have such a diverse range of items that remind me of the old valve days. Hope you stay well. Missed your overseer. Regards from New Zealand.
Lovely Stuff Earthling
Still Amazing Even Today
Bless Up
Very interesting. Thanks!
Ty for sharing your acknowledge!
Very "steampunk" look to it - especially the amplifier with the two tubes prominently out front. I suppose back then, manufacturers were very proud to show off their "radio lamps".
Great Video Ron.I like your home made A.B.C Battery Eliminator.I built and use few of them when I Repair old sets.Thank you again for another very good video. 73 KI7DYM
Wonderful explanation.✨✨✨
Thanks
thanks, always interesting content
Impressive... you just got yourself another subscriber.
Hey! Glad to see your video. That's an interesting radio. Looks like Frankenstein's lab.
This is AWESOME!
Fantastic !
Excellent video. Nice to see them working. Stay safe from lockdown england
Very nice equipment.
Thanks for sharing.
I had always wondered what the procedures were for tuning the old sets .
GREAT vidoe !!
WOW! Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Your always amazing. Take Care 🙂
I love seeing this kind of gear! Thanks for sharing. I found your channel by recommendation of BigClive (bigclivedotcom channel).
Very fascinating, I enjoy your videos but this has to be my favorite so far. I have never worked with anything older than a TRF set though I do have an Radiola 3A coming in soon
The factor that seems to determine the scarcity of old radio parts and radios is the beginning of broadcast stations for public entertainment in the early 20s. The industry quickly expanded to meet public demand. Thus you can fairly easily find radios and parts from around 1923 and onward. The oldest radios I have are from about 1921/22 in the transition period when there were few stations and the radios cost alot of money. Stuff from about 1920 and earlier is much more scarce and expensive, usually.
Most interesting.
I have something similar.
A homemade, using parts made by Crosley.
You just demonstrated how it works.
Cool, and thanks.
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This is interesting stuff to see how things were. Those valves hanging there glowing almost look like gas mantles with the brass top fitting as well.
I have a valve which glows brightly like this, it's stamped BBC and D.E.R. which dates it as between 1924 and 1927. It has a pip on top and I'm amazed it's tungsten filament has survived intact this long.
I kept buying the type PM1 and PM2 type valves at radio rallies (American Swap Meet) to build myself an old type wireless. I think I overdid it, I've got 22 of them but one is an output valve which seem difficult to get probably because they were driven the hardest and burn out more so there are less of them around.
Amazing!!
Good to see you again Hope all is well , and you and kitty stay safe now from this world virus ,Cheers
great video
Salve. Non conosco inglese, ma riesco a seguire ugualmente, vero professional, ottimo elettronico e meccanico vedendo che si è costruito tutto
Interesting. I often wondered the use of the incremental dots on the old radios.
Superb!!
Fascinating.
Muy lindas radios y lo mejor funcionando.
My dad would had love hanging out with you. He was an electrical engineer and was a licence radio operator. he was always building radios.
Where is your kitty? Video is incomplete without cutie kitty
And today a tube amp has the tubes outside agan for show with LEDs under them.
You have some of the coolest toys............